Horse-collar throat.



C. C. ROSE.

HORSE COLLAR THROAT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.17. 1911.

1,013,688, y Patented Jan.2,1912;

COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH Co.. WASHINGTON, D. c.

\ UNITED STATES PATET CYRUS C. ROSE, OF WALTHILL, NEBRASKA.

HORSE-COLLAR THROAT.

Specioaton of Letters Patent.

Application led August 17, 1911.

Patented Jan. 2,1912. Serial No. 644,543.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CYRUs C. Rosa, ctij Zen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at VValthill, in the county of Thurston and State ofNebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Collar Throats, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to horse collars having leather cased fore andafter-wales stitched together and stuffed in the usual manner; and theobjects of my improvement are, first, to provide a hinged throat that inordinary use retains the opposite halves of the collar inseparable andvthat will allow the opposite sides of the collar to be freely drawn inagainst the sides of the'animals neck by properly fitted haines, withoutunduly bending and disrupting the leather portions of the throatstructure; second, to provide a throat adjustable in length for makingthe greater lateral adjustment of the sides of the collar when it ischanged to necks of different thickness; third, to provide therewith aloop to retain the hame-strap and hames in, the peripheral groove of thecollar and also to centrally support a martingale ring at any desiredlateral adjustment of the throat; and, fourth, to provide an adjustableshield to protect the metal parts and afford a closed smooth surfacetoward the /animals throat. All of which with other minor objects Iattain by the structure illustrated in the accompanying drawing inwhich- Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of the collar throaton the broken line 1-1 of Fig. 2; Fig. 2, an underside view of thecollar throat; Fig. 3, a central vertical transverse section on thebroken line 3-8 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4, a perspective view of thecombined strap-hinge, llame-strap loop and martingale ring, in all ofwhich like reference numerals designate the same parts.

Experience has proved that any horsecollar to do safe and comfortableservice must be close fitted andretained against the sides of theanimals neck. This seems most easily attained by the ordinary pliablestuffed-leather' structure within correctly shaped rigid haines. Tofacilitate such fitting by providing a less delicate but more shown. Theleaves 5 of the strap hinge are bent longitudinally to lit the innercurvature of the throat ends of the halves of the collar along whichthey are centrally seated between the fore-Wale 19 and the after-wale17. These leaves have the centrally-disposed longitudinally-rangedcountersunk slots 7, to receive the flat heads of the screwbolts 6. Thescrew-bolts are disposed stationarily and radially through the seam ofthe collar between the wales and have nuts 8 on their outer ends toengage the broad washers 9 disposed in the outer groove of the collar.

A U-shaped haine-strap loop 10 has an eye 18 at the end of each leg. Thepintle 11 of the hinge is made longer than required for the hinge jointand the eyes of said legs are mounted on the projecting ends of thispintle to suspend the loop through between the severed throat ends. Theforward leg has the intermediately disposed forwardly projected eye 12to ring 13.

The overlapping shield-plates 111 and 15 are made of leather and havetheir outer ends stitched to the inside of the ends of the collar halvesbeyond the range of the outer ends of the hinge leaves. They are ofsutlicient length to overlap each other at the center, as shown, at anyadjustment of the throat; and have along their back edges rows ofclosely disposed holes to receive through both the slip thong 16, whichretains them from flapping apart at this edge.

Removing the thong from the shield plates and loosening the nuts of thescrewbolts, the opposite throat ends of the collar halves may be slidalong the hinge leaves to separate or bring said severed ends togetherat any desired adjustment, limited by the length of the slots in theleaves.

I claim:

1. A horse-collar throat, comprising centrally severed throat ends ofopposite side halves of a horse-collar, a strap hinge havinglongitudinally bent leaves fitted to the adjacent inner bends of saidthroat ends and longitudinally arranged slots in said leaves,screw-bolts disposed through said slots and seated laterally throughsaid throat ends, and shield plates having their outer ends stitched tothe inner bends of said throat ends and their inner ends disposed tooverlap each other centrally above the joint of the hinge.

2. A horse-Collar throat, comprising severed throat ends of the sidehalves of a eollar, a strap hinge having leaves bent lon` gitudinally tofit the inner bend of the 'eollar halves adjacent to the severed endsand having longitudinally arranged slots in said leaves, screw-boltsdisposed stationarily through said severed ends and loosely through theslots of said hinge leaves, and a U-shaped hanie-strap loop suspendedbetween the severed ends by eyes on the ends of its legs mounted on theends of the hinge pintle.

3. A horse-Collar throat, comprising opposite severed throat ends of theside halves of a horse collar, a strap hinge having leaves bentlongitudinally to seat on the upper throat Curves of said ends andlongitudinally arranged slots in said leaves,sere\vbolts disposedradially through said slots and throat ends, ay U-shaped haine-straploop having eyes at the ends of its legs mounted on the ends of thepintle of said hinge and suspended between said severed throat ends, andoppositely disposed shield plates stitched to the inner bends of thethroat ends and having their inner ends overlapping centrally above thejoint of the hinge.

t. A hinge and halne-strap loop for horsecollar throats, oolnprisinglongitudinally curved leaves having longitudinal slots and hinge-jointedtogether endwise, a hingepintle longer than the hinge joint, and a U-shaped loop having the ends of its legs shaped to forni eyes inounted onthe projecting ends of said hinge-pintle.

In testimony whereof I have ailixed niy signature in presence of twoWitnesses. CYRUS C. ROSE. Vit-nesses:

HARRIS PRINZING, Cnon. R. BOUGHN.

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